Mary Jackson (1921-2005), US mathematician and aerospace engineer, handling a model in a wind tunnel at Langley Research Center, Virginia, USA. Jackso
Mary Jackson (1921-2005), US mathematician and aerospace engineer, handling a model in a wind tunnel at Langley Research Center, Virginia, USA. Jackson started work at NACA (the predecessor to NASA) as a human computer. NASA and NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) used human computers in aerospace and flight research to transcribe and handle raw data. As technology progressed, both human and electronic computers were used to process and handle data. Jackson was hired in 1951 as a research mathematician and retired from the NASA Langley Research Center in 1985 as an aeronautical engineer. She was NASA's first black female engineer. Her later work in human resources at NASA helped advance equality and diversity in employment of women and ethnic minorities.
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